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2017 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

14 Nikki Taylor

14 Nikki Taylor

  • Height:
    6-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Kaiser HS
  • Hometown:
    Honolulu, O'ahu

Summary

Biography

Indoor Bio

2017 (Senior):
  • Became the program’s all-time leader in overall wins (103) and dual wins (71).
  • All-Big West first team along with partner Ka‘iwi Schucht.
  • Earned all-Big West honors for second straight year, after being named first team in 2016.
  • VolleyballMag.com honorable mention All-American.
  • Played all matches at the No. 2 flight with Schucht.
  • Amassed a 25-9 record.
  • Went 11-6 against ranked opponents.
  • Started the year with 12 straight dual match wins, the hottest start in school history, and at the time the longest dual match win streak in school history.
  • Ten of those first 12 wins came in straight sets, including 12 straight sets won to start the year.
  • Became the school’s all-time leader in dual match wins with a straight-set win over Irvine Valley College in the Shave Ice Invitational on March 26.
  • Picked up back-to-back wins against Long Beach State at the No. 2 flight in the Big West Tournament to help UH repeat as conference champions.
  • Became the school’s all-time leader in overall wins with the title-match win over Long Beach State.
  • Clinched the decisive point in UH’s win over No. 4 Florida State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. 
  • Named to the Big West All-Academic Team.
2017 Match Results

2016 (Junior):
  • Named to the all-Big West first team with partner Lara Schreiber
  • Recorded a 17-13 overall record, including 11-6 at the No. 2 flight
  • Went 8-7 with Schreiber
  • went 7-4 with Ka'iwi Schuct
  • Went 2-2 with Mikayla Tucker
  • Had two four-match winning streaks, first with Schrieber, then with Schuct
  • Went 2-0 with partner Schreiber at the Outrigger Beach Volleyball Challenge, beating UCLA and teammates Hannah Rooks/Ka'iwi Schuct
  • Named to the 2015-16 Big West Spring All-Academic Team
  • Earned Big West Pairs Team of the Week award (Apr. 25) with Schuct after straight set wins at the No. 2 court versus Long Beach State and Grand Canyon in the Outrigger Resorts Aloha Invitational
2016 Match Results

2015 (Sophomore)
  • Went 24-10 playing at matches at the No.1 position with Brittany Tiegs
  • Named AVCA All-American
  • Went 2-3 at the AVCA National Championships, advancing to the quaterfinals of the pairs tournament
  • Won a three-set thriller over Long Beach State (5/3) to advance in the AVCA National pairs tournament
  • Had a 12-match midseason win streak
  • Won the gold bracket title at the Santa Cruz Collegiate Challenge (3/29)
  • Rallied for a three-set win in an opening-day victory against defending champion and top-ranked Pepperdine (3/6)
2015 Match Results

2014 (Freshman):
  • An AVCA All-American
  • Went 35-13 while playing all matches with fellow All-American Katie Spieler
  • Played every match at the No. 2 position
  • Along with Spieler, advanced to the quarterfinal at the AVCA Pairs National Championship
  • Advanced to the finals in four pairs tournaments—the Rainbow Wahine Invitational, the Stanford Tournament and both USAV Beach Collegiate events (Chula Vista and Hermosa Beach)
  • Posted a 18-6 record in dual matches and 17-7 in tournaments
  • Tallied a 3-7 mark in three-set matches
  • Strung a nine-match win streak in the month of March.

Prep: A 2013 graduate of Kaiser High School in Honolulu, O‘ahu...lettered three seasons in volleyball...named to Volleyball Magazine’s 2013 Girls’ Fab 50...led Kaiser to a league title as a freshman...also played for the Imi‘ike Volleyball Club.

Personal: Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu...major is communicology...has one brother and one sister...parents are Graham and Kimberly Taylor of Honolulu, O‘ahu.


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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2014Freshman

    6'3"
    32
  • 14

    2015Sophomore

    6'3"
    14
  • 14

    2016Junior

    6'4"
    14
  • 14

    2017Senior

    6'4"
    14